The Effect of Immigrants on U.S. Employment and Productivity. FRBSF ECONOMIC LETTER
- Document number
- 2526
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- The Effect of Immigrants on U.S. Employment and Productivity. FRBSF ECONOMIC LETTER
- Author/publisher
- Giovanni Peri
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Media/News,
- Keywords
- Economy in transition, Youth employment, State socialism, Socio-Economic transition, Discrimination, Unemployment, Poverty, Community development, Social security, Social exclusion, Health care, Drugs abuse, Health, HIV/AIDS, Globalisation;
- Summary
- The effects of immigration on the total output and income of the U.S. economy can be studied by comparing output per worker and employment in states that have had large immigrant inflows with data from states that have few new foreign-born workers. Statistical analysis of state-level data shows that immigrants expand the economy's productive capacity by stimulating investment and promoting specialization. This produces efficiency gains and boosts income per worker. At the same time, evidence is scant that immigrants diminish the employment opportunities of U.S.-born workers.
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